3 and Out For Niners

The Panthers are blitzing like mad, which is something they haven’t done a whole lot of this year. Rod Brooks on KNBR made a great point. Gore broke his hand in training camp, which might be a reason he hasn’t been used in the passing game. But he had 11 catches last week and has two already today, both of them coming when he was split out wide. The 49ers are trying to get him the ball. With Gore split out, and the backfield empty, the onus is on Trent Dilfer to get rid of the ball quickly in the face of the Carolina blitz.